Augustin Loada

Professor Augustin Loada obtained his academic qualifications in Burkina Faso and France, and has served as Professor of Public Law and Political Science in Burkina Faso since 1995. Complementing his academic pursuits, he has also practised law since 2016. Professor Loada was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Boston University, United States, and has been a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) since 2000. 

He is the founder and was the inaugural Executive Director (2000–2014) of the Centre for Democratic Governance (CGD), a research institution in Burkina Faso focused on studies in governance and democratization. Additionally, Professor Loada established and directed the Institute for Governance and Development (IGD), which, in collaboration with APSA, organised a workshop entitled “Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective” in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in 2013. 

In November 2014, Professor Loada was appointed Minister of Civil Service, Labour, and Social Protection in the Transitional Government of Burkina Faso. Since 2016, he has undertaken regular missions to New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, where he joined the United Nations Group of Electoral Experts and led this group from 2018 to 2025. While in Burkina Faso, Professor Loada continues to lecture at the university and oversee the operations of his law firm.